Am I the only one who sees this giant cluster coming. Get your popcorn ready!!!

[penny_match_kid]

OK.. So Ebay is ramming good till cancelled listings down our throats.  No one seems to like the change...and here is what I see happening...

The listings, apparently, are never-ending (as long as there is money to take from the seller).  So just imagine what's going to happen, beginning next month, when some casual seller lists some items, they don't sell, and the listings automatically renew the next month.  Sure, the seller's  gonna get charged for the relist, and he ain't gonna be happy about it when he returns in 3 months to find out he's been charged.

BUT HERE IS WHERE THE FUN BEGINS.  How many items are going to be floating around on ebay, appearing to be for sale, when the reality is they're just GTC items mindlessly relisted by a casual ebay seller who has completely forgotten about the listing?  And the item is probably disposed of, or sold, in some other manner outside of ebay.  This is totally going to happen.  There are going to be buyers that 3 months after an item is listed, hit that "buy it now" button and they're going to get nothing.  The seller will tell them that he forgot to cancel the item, and that he no longer has it.  And they will get nothing. 

This scenario will happen and it's going to **bleep** a lot of people off.  And it's going to make Ebay look even more rinky dink than it already is.

Like I said, get your popcorn ready!!!

[lugro_30]

Apparently the urinate verb gets bleeped now?

[relaxintowealth]

I have to give you a 10 on this one!

[relaxintowealth]

 Kenny is a millie and most likely WON'T.

[relaxintowealth]

Andddd now you now why my son has me sell his stuff on ebay!

[penny_match_kid]

Are you serious? That is dirty pool.  Wow! I didn't know previous 30 day listings were going to auto relist as gtc.  Dang!

[2coolzr2]

Is this true? you can just cancel it with no fees or penalties? I am afraid about this...

[2coolzr2]

thank you for this clarification.

[mg152]

Holy!!!  It's Kenny!!!  Sammy wants his bike.  

[ms.rodriguez*]

If it's fixed price, it will NOT auto relist UNLESS... you are getting free relists. For some reason, I have about 10 items that have been relisting for a few cycles and I am not being charged on my seller acct. Yesterday 2 relisted and I wasn't charged. I did NOT mark anything when I wrote the ad. I have even clicked the edit button to see if something is checked off.

For now, I am letting them ride but once they switch to GTC, I will mark my calender and shut them down on day 28 /29.... I CANNOT LET EBAY STEAL MY MONEY!!!!

[sunny_ell]

SOLVED - Their secret new board member is Baldrick, and this is one of his cunning plans.

[aruyt75]

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@penny_match_kid wrote:

An example:

Kenny has never used Ebay before.  Kenny signs up for Ebay just to sell his cool ten speed bicycle.  That's all he wants to do.  Kenny lists the bicycle as a fixed price listing.  Kenny don't sell the bike for a month.  Kenny gets an offer for the bike from a neighbor and sells the bike to him.  Kenny has no further use for Ebay and doesn't think he'll ever sell on Ebay again.  Kenny doesn't bother to cancel the listing.  Why should he?  He's not even getting charged for the automatic renew, because it's just coming out of his 50 free listings allotment.  So the listing continues.  3 months later, Sammy sees the bike listed on Ebay and hits "buy it now".  Sammy pays Kenny.  Maybe Kenny notices he's been paid.  Maybe he doesn't.  But in any event, Kenny doesn't have the bike anymore.  Sammy is **bleep** and has to open a case.  And Sammy never shops Ebay again because, well, why in the world would he if this was his experience?

No doubt this scenario didn't come up when the latte drinking, skinny jean wearing geniuses at Ebay put their heads together and came up with this terrible idea.  

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Maybe Kenny needs to exercise some personal responsibility and read how to use the site he's listing on.

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That sounds great!  Except that's not reality.  Every day on these boards, there are posters who will tell sellers how much they screwed up, no matter how much they tried to do the right thing.  And those are the GOOD sellers!  How many "Kenny's" are there that never show up to these boards?  Sure, in an ideal world, we should all do the right thing, but there are so many sellers who don't, and what the OP laid out is exactly what is going to happen with a lot of GTC listings, thanks to all the "Kenny's" of the world.

[mam98031]

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@penny_match_kid wrote:

Are you serious? That is dirty pool.  Wow! I didn't know previous 30 day listings were going to auto relist as gtc.  Dang!

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Because they AREN'T.  It will only be new or relisted listings once the mandate starts that all FP listings will be GTC.

If you list a FP for 30 days just minutes before the GTC mandate starts, that listing will still end in 30 days.  

It is ONLY on new listings started AFTER the GTC mandate.

[mam98031]

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@2coolzr2 wrote:
Is this true? you can just cancel it with no fees or penalties? I am afraid about this...

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YES.  GTC listings can be edited and/or ended any time you have the need to do so without penalty.

[blueeggsandspam]

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@2coolzr2 wrote:
Is this true? you can just cancel it with no fees or penalties? I am afraid about this...

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YES.  GTC listings can be edited and/or ended any time you have the need to do so without penalty.

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You should add "in most cases" to the end of your sentence. I've read posts on these boards from sellers who were charged FVF on cancelled listings because they received questions during the time they were listed. If eBay thinks you completed an offsite transaction, they won't hesitate to charge you.

[mam98031]

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@blueeggsandspam wrote:

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@2coolzr2 wrote:
Is this true? you can just cancel it with no fees or penalties? I am afraid about this...

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YES.  GTC listings can be edited and/or ended any time you have the need to do so without penalty.

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You should add "in most cases" to the end of your sentence. I've read posts on these boards from sellers who were charged FVF on cancelled listings because they received questions during the time they were listed. If eBay thinks you completed an offsite transaction, they won't hesitate to charge you.

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@blueeggsandspam 

My statement was correct.  What you are speaking to is completely different and relates to AUCTIONS not GTC listings.